Huizenga lead on DIOLEN® SAFE

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News

FR Safety Yarns GmbH & Co. KG, Deggendorf, Germany, has named Tim Huizenga as technical marketing manager of customer service and product development for DIOLEN® SAFE flame-retardant polyester yarns. Huizenga studied at the University Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach and has worked in the…
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Romero, Prada join Vertilux sales

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Vertilux Ltd., Miami, Fla., has promoted two sales executives to bring the company’s blinds, shades and window coverings to Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. Vertilux has a partnership network of distributors in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, El Salvador and Australia, and Adriana…
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Mertz to lead ORACAL USA

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News

Randall Mertz helped ORACAL to become one of the leading brands of PVC vinyl films among sign shops and digital printers in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean, and his successful efforts to enlarge ORACAL’s market share has led to his appointment as president and CEO of ORACAL U…
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Rental industry performance standards from ARA

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News, Tents

The American Rental Association (ARA) has announced the publication of “ARA Rental Market Metrics™,” a white paper outlining industry standards for calculating and reporting equipment rental company performance metrics. The publication provides equipment rental companies a consiste…
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RISE 2011: focus on strategies for success

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News

The 2011 Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics (RISE) Conference was held Oct. 3–6 in Raleigh, N.C., attended by product managers, technical salespeople, product engineers, purchasing managers, research engineers and executives from both the durable and disposable segments …
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NCTO: Opposing the Korea FTA

January 1, 2012  |  Industry News

The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) thanked the 52 members of Congress who voted “NO” on the Korea FTA. Two-thirds of the House Textile Caucus voted against the bill and were joined by eight other members with textile interests. “The resounding ‘NO’ vot…
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H&V hosts US Senator Charles Schumer

December 30, 2011  |  Industry News

At its Easton, New York mill, Hollingsworth & Vose hosted U.S. Senator Charles Schumer as well as State Senator Betty Little, Assemblyman Tony Jordan, and Dr. William Acker and John Cerveny from New York’s Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium. Senator Schumer toured the product…
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Valerie Bursten Window Fashions Scholarship

December 29, 2011  |  Industry News

The first Valerie Bursten Window Fashions Scholarship will allow winner Cheryl Henricks, owner of Draperies by George in Chilicothe, Ohio, to take design and sales courses and attend the International Window Coverings Expo in Chicago in 2012. The $6,000 scholarship was established to honor the memor…
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L.B. White announces new website

December 28, 2011  |  Industry News

L.B. White Company Inc. has an improved website. Technical support is available around the clock with many online tools including product maintenance videos, technical specification sheets, owners’ manuals for new and older heater models and heat calculators to help you decide the number of he…
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NASA selects 85 businesses for award

December 27, 2011  |  Industry News

NASA has selected 85 small business proposals to enter into negotiations for Phase II contract awards through the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $63 million. NASA will award the contracts to 79 small high te…
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